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9:27 PM ET, February 24, 2014

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Jeff Morganteen / cnbc.com:

Verizon CEO: We expect a deal with Netflix — Verizon CEO: I would expect deal with Netflix — Netflix has agreed to pay Comcast for faster broadband service. Lowell McAdam, Verizon Communications President & CEO, weighs in on the deal and discusses Google's fiber plans.

Discussion: Featured stories, The Verge, @kateaurthur, Re/code, @pkafka, Radio & Television …, Mashable and Engadget

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Why Netflix Is Actually the Big Winner in the Comcast Bandwidth Deal — Despite the spin you may have read, Netflix is not getting screwed by Comcast, the biggest broadband provider in the U.S. — In fact, through the interconnection deal with Comcast, Netflix will cost-effectively reinforce …

Discussion: Guardian and @xpangler

Dan Rayburn / StreamingMediaBlog.com:
Inside The Netflix/Comcast Deal and What The Media Is Getting Very Wrong

Dylan Byers / Politico:

Josh Barro to join The New York Times — Josh Barro, the outgoing Business Insider political editor, is joining The New York Times to take part in David Leonhardt's new policy venture, sources familiar with his plans told POLITICO on Monday. — Barro, a former Bloomberg View blogger …

Alex Weprin / Capital New York:

If Aereo wins, broadcasters could be forced to end free TV, networks tell Supreme Court in new brief — Broadcasters file brief to SCOTUS on Aereo's ‘direct assault’ — The broadcast networks have filed a 65-page brief to the U.S. Supreme Court, outlining their case against streaming startup Aereo.

Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable, Variety, Deadline.com, Hollywood Reporter, Wall Street Journal and Re/code

Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom:
Aereo will launch its internet TV service in Austin next week as Supreme Court date looms

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Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:

Facebook Hires Ryan Seacrest's Digital Chief as Head of Entertainment Partnerships (Exclusive) — Sibyl Goldman tapped to lead Hollywood outreach efforts — Facebook has recruited Ryan Seacrest's digital guru for a new role leading an expanded effort to court Hollywood.

Discussion: @mikeisaac and Tubefilter

Nicola Pring / Columbia Journalism Review:

A new ‘micro-publication’ for deep environmental and tech reporting — Climate Confidential needs 800 subscribers by March 6 to come to fruition — A group of freelance reporters are on a mission to produce a new kind of science journalism. Called Climate Confidential …

Discussion: @arnoharris, @aahearn, @carlzimmer and @mathewi

Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:

After CNN Cancels Morgan, Larry King Says: I Could Come Back — Larry King and former CNN President Jonathan Klein speak exclusively to The Daily Beast about the cancellation of Piers Morgan's prime-time show. — Several months ago, backstage at a concert in Central Park …

Tim Molloy / The Wrap:

Tamron Hall Named Co-Host of 9 a.m. Hour of ‘Today’ — Tamron Hall has been named a co-host of “TODAY's Take,” the 9 a.m. hour of the “Today” show, joining Al Roker, Natalie Morales and Willie Geist. The announcement came on this morning's show. — “We're really excited to officially welcome Tamron …

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Jordan Chariton / TVNewser:
MSNBC Promotes Two to Managing Editor, Hires EP for ‘Reid Report’

Discussion: FishbowlDC

Brooks Barnes / New York Times:

Moviefone Is Hanging Up, but Its App Will Go On — LOS ANGELES — Mr. Moviefone's lines are going dead. — For 25 years, residents of America's biggest cities have been able to call 777-FILM to receive movie listing information and buy tickets. The service's goofily booming greeting became …

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John Eggerton / Broadcasting & Cable:

Report: Broadcasting Fuels $1 Trillion-Plus in GDP — Local station reps will take info to Hill to make case for value of industry — The 500 or so broadcasters in town for the National Association of Broadcasters annual State Leadership Conference will come armed with some new stats on the value of local broadcasting.

Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest and Radio & Television …

Reuters:

BBC head defends licence fee as critical for quality — The head of the BBC, Tony Hall, will defend the British broadcaster's use of a licence fee paid by the public this week as a debate over funding escalates following a spate of scandals over mismanagement and waste at the corporation.

Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Local newspapers and TV stations are building their own private ad exchange with Google — In 2006, 176 newspapers came together in a partnership with Yahoo to found The Newspaper Consortium. The idea, a simple one now, was an important step forward for the development and growth of ad networks.

Discussion: Forbes, DoubleClick Publisher Blog, Local Media Consortium, Adweek, Mercury News and NetNewsCheck Latest

Leslie Kaufman / New York Times:

Seeking a Lead on News, Network Turns to Data-Mining Media Group — When Ronan Farrow, the young human rights lawyer with a Hollywood lineage, debuts as an MSNBC host on Monday, he will have some prodigious computing power backing him up. — MSNBC has struck a partnership with Vocativ …

Discussion: The Wrap, Mediawire Daily, @alessandriamasi and @petereavis

Joshua Rothman / New Yorker:

Why Is Academic Writing So Academic? — A few years ago, when I was a graduate student in English, I presented a paper at my department's American Literature Colloquium. (A colloquium is a sort of writing workshop for graduate students.) The essay was about Thomas Kuhn, the science historian.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, @davewiner, @chanders, @stanfordpress, @aldaily, @deandad and @ezraklein

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Conde Nast brings a glossier feel to lower Manhattan as it relocates to 1 World Trade Center — Downtown goes glossy — In New York, it's hard to find sights as breathtaking as the ones you can enjoy from the vertiginous heights of 1 World Trade Center, the tallest building in America.

Discussion: @joepompeo and Bloomberg

Paul Bradshaw / Online Journalism Blog:

The Mastercard Brit Awards journalists should have quoted the ASA … Last week's reports on a PR company's demand to journalists that they post tweets in exchange for accreditation missed one important factor: the Advertising Standards Authority. — The arrangement - involving …

Dylan Byers / Politico:

Why live video won't save the news biz — Last July, The Washington Post launched a live video channel that its president proclaimed would be “the ESPN of politics.” — Instead, PostTV turned out to be more like a public access show. Within five months, the live content had vanished and the …